Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.

Error is to truth as sleep is to waking. I have observed that one turns, as if refreshed, from error back to truth.

The true poet is called to take in the splendor of the world and for that reason will always be inclined to praise rather than tofind fault.

The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world.

We must be young to do great things.

There is nothing in the world more pitiable than an irresolute man, oscillating between two feelings, who would willingly unite the two and who does not perceive that nothing can unite them

Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune's always here.